World leaders have been warned that civilisation could collapse1:27

The world is currently on course to overshoot by far the limits for global warming agreed in the landmark 2015 Paris accord on climate change, which was intended to prevent more extreme weather, rising sea levels and the loss of plant and animal species.

December 4th 2018

4 months ago

/display/newscorpaustralia.com/Web/NewsNetwork/Network News/World/

Scientist warn some of our oceans could turn green by 2100. Picture: AFPSource:AFP

Earth’s oceans will turn a deep green by the end of the century as climate change affects the planet, a study has predicted.

Rising global temperatures will mean that over half of the world’s waters will shift colour by 2100, according to the report.

This is because warmer waters will change how populations of tiny aquatic creatures called algae grow.